Books in Calling All Innovators: a Career for You series

Learn about the scientists, engineers, and other people working to bring us new energy options.Calling All Innovators series introduces students to careers in science and technology. The complex text allows readers (Grades 5-8) to determine the main idea and explain how it is supported by key details. For decades, people around the world have relied mainly on the burning of fossil fuels to power machines and create electricity. However, as scientists uncover the destruction these fuels are doing to the environment, alternative energy sources such as wind, solar, and geothermal power are becoming more common.

Learn how designers and engineers work together to plan and build some of the world's most incredible thrill rides.Calling All Innovators series introduces students to careers in science and technology. The complex text allows readers (Grades 5-8) to determine the main idea and explain how it is supported by key details. With their giant drops and twisting loops, roller coasters have been thrilling people for decades. These exciting rides give passengers a taste of danger, but thanks to the careful work of roller coaster designers, they are as safe as can be.

Find out how large teams of specialized workers come together to design, plan, and program today's cutting edge video games.Calling All Innovators series introduces students to careers in science and technology. The complex text allows readers (Grades 5-8) to determine the main idea and explain how it is supported by key details. With advanced HD graphics, motion controls, and 3-D images, video games have come a long way since their earliest days. While these games are fun to play, making them is no simple process.

Find out what it takes to build robots, from how they are designed to which manufacturing processes and materials are used in their construction.Calling All Innovators series introduces students to careers in science and technology. The complex text allows readers (Grades 5-8) to determine the main idea and explain how it is supported by key details. From durable robots that can weather the intense heat inside a volcano and gather important research data to high-tech humanoids that can carry on conversations with people, today's boldest robotics innovations are changing the way we think about technology. Readers will learn how robots were first invented and how they have been improved over time.

Trace the history of commercial air travel and find out how today's engineers and scientists are revolutionizing the field.Calling All Innovators series introduces students to careers in science and technology. The complex text allows readers (Grades 5-8) to determine the main idea and explain how it is supported by key details. For hundreds of years, humans dreamed of flying through the sky they way they saw birds do. Since the first successful flights in the early 20th century, air travel has grown to become one of the world's most important methods of transportation. Readers will find out what it takes to build their own careers in this fascinating field.

Find outt what role genetics are likely to play in upcoming technology and discover what it takes to make it in this fascinating field of science.Calling All Innovators series introduces students to careers in science and technology. The complex text allows readers (Grades 5-8) to determine the main idea and explain how it is supported by key details. From apples that don't turn brown when you slice them to new ways of treating deadly diseases, genetics are at the heart of many of today's most incredible innovations. Readers will learn about the history of genetics from the initial discover of DNA to today's most incredible developments.

Find out how robotics technology has developed over more than a century and how to break into the industry themselves.Calling All Innovators series introduces students to careers in science and technology. The complex text allows readers (Grades 5-8) to determine the main idea and explain how it is supported by key details. From the ancient Greeks to the people living today, we have long been fascinated by the idea of robots. Today, things that once seemed like science fiction are becoming reality. Readers will learn how some of today's most innovative thinkers are creating advanced robot technology.

Find out how restaurants and food manufacturers employ scientists to make their products tastier and more convenient.Calling All Innovators series introduces students to careers in science and technology. The complex text allows readers (Grades 5-8) to determine the main idea and explain how it is supported by key details. Have you ever wondered how your favorite fast food order can taste exactly the same at every one of the restaurant's locations? Or how your favorite potato chips can stay crispy for days after you open the bag? Readers will learn how the fascinating field of food science began, how it has developed over time, and what it takes to become a food scientist today.

Learn how teams of mechanics, technicians, and engineers design and build some of the fastest cars on Earth.Calling All Innovators series introduces students to careers in science and technology. The complex text allows readers (Grades 5-8) to determine the main idea and explain how it is supported by key details. Ever since the first automobiles were invented, people have been competing to see who could drive the fastest. Readers will explore the origins of auto racing and follow the sport's history to see how it has grown to become one of the world's most popular and exciting past times.

Discover how today's pilots can remotely operate the latest aircraft from the surface.Calling All Innovators series introduces students to careers in science and technology. The complex text allows readers (Grades 5-8) to determine the main idea and explain how it is supported by key details. Operating aircraft once required pilots to take to the skies in the cockpits of airplanes, helicopters, and other large vehicles. However, this has all changed with the latest improvements in drone technology. Readers will learn how drones can be used to visit places no other aircraft could reach, why drones are so important to modern military operations, and why these unmanned aircraft are so controversial.

Learn how recycling has grown in popularity over time and find out what kinds of careers are involved in this rapidly growing industry.Calling All Innovators series introduces students to careers in science and technology. The complex text allows readers (Grades 5-8) to determine the main idea and explain how it is supported by key details. From leftover food to packaging materials to outdated or broken technology, humans produce an enormous amount of waste. Readers will find out how some of today's top innovators are working to find new recycling methods and cut down on the amount of trash the ends up in landfills.